Muslims Convert Africans: ‘I Bear Witness That Jesus Is The Slave of Allah And His Messenger’ Muhammed

Video footage of Muslim missionaries preaching and converting Africans in the Christian-majority states of Malawi and Uganda, show the Islamic leaders teaching the people to “bear witness” that Allah is god, his messenger is Muhammed, and “Jesus is the slave of Allah and his Messenger.”

Many of the people repeating the Islamic instructions are young but there are also many middle-aged and older people and, in one case, an apparently former Christian teen who is ordered to tear a crucifix from around his neck and “bear witness” to Allah.

The videos of the conversion sessions were posted online between July and November 2015, and the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) translated them and reposted them on their website.

In one clip from October, Sheikh Wahid Abd Al-Salam Bali tells the young people gathered to repeat after him: “There is no god but Allah. And I bear witness that Muhammed is the Messenger of Allah. And I bear witness that Jesus is the slave of Allah and his Messenger.”

In another clip, a Muslim cleric is instructing a Christian who is converting to Islam. The cleric forcefully states to the young man in a yellow shirt, “You will become a Muslim. You will pray five times a day with the Muslims.”

He then orders, “You should take off the cross [around your neck] because this is only for Christians. Take it off right now. [Tears cross from around his neck.]”

“Now repeat the shahada with us,” demands the Muslim cleric. “Say after me, ‘I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammed is the Messenger of Allah, and that Jesus is the slave of Allah and his Messenger.’ Say, Allah Akbar!’”

In another clip from July 4, 2015, headlined “Conquering a New Village,” a Muslim cleric tells the large crowd, “Who among you wants to join Islam? You should lift your finger now. What about the kings [elder tribesmen]? Who among you wants to join Islam?”

“Do you want to join Islam?” says the cleric. “Do you want to join Islam? Who among you wants to join Islam? All of you do? In that case – wait, these two don’t want to. Who wants to join Islam? Do you want to join Islam?”

The cleric then instructs, “Say after me, ‘I bear witness.’ Tell them to say, ‘I bear witness, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. And I bear witness that Muhammed is the messenger of Allah. And I bear witness that Jesus is the slave of Allah and his Messenger.’ Allah Akbar! Allah Akbar!”